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callis , is, m. (
I.fem., Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 10; Liv. 22, 14, 8; 31, 42, 8; 36, 15, 9; Curt. 3, 10, 10; 4, 16, 11; Amm. 30, 1, 15; 31, 10, 9; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 673) [etym. dub.; acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 405, and Isid. Orig. 15, 16, 10, from callum; cf. Doed. Syn. IV. p. 68], a stony, uneven, narrow footway, a foot-path, a mountain-path, etc.; most freq., a path made by the treading of cattle: callis est iter pecudum inter montes angustum et tritum, a callo pecudum perduratum, Isid. Orig. l. l.: callis = via pecorum vestigiis trita, Vet. Gloss.
I. Lit.: “per calles silvestres,” Varr. R. R. 2, 9 fin.; 2, 10, 1 and 3; Cic. Sest. 5, 12 Orell.: “inde prope inviis callibus ad dictatorem perfugerunt,” Liv. 22, 15, 10; cf. id. 32, 11, 2; Verg. A. 4, 405; cf. Ov. M. 7, 626 al.: “per calles ignotos,” Liv. 31, 42, 8; 35, 27, 6; 36, 15, 9; 38, 2, 10; Curt. 7, 11, 7: “secreti,” Verg. A. 6, 443: “surgens,” Pers. 4 (3), 57.—
II. Transf.
A. A mountain-pasturage, alp, declivity, mountain-pass, defile (cf. Vogel ad Curt. 3, 10, 10 N. cr.): “rara per occultos lucebat semita calles,” Verg. A. 9, 383 Heyne: “nos hic pecorum modo per aestivos saltus deviasque callis exercitum ducimus,” Liv. 22, 14, 8: “per calles saltusque Macedonicorum montium,” id. 44, 36, 10: “in Ciliciae angustiis et inviis callibus dimicare,” Curt. 4, 13, 6: “angustis in Ciliciae callibus,” id. 4, 9, 22; 5, 4, 4; 5, 4, 17; Liv. 35, 30, 10: “quaestor, cui provincia vetere ex more calles evenerant,” Tac. A. 4, 27 Orell. and Draeg. ad loc.; cf.: “(provincia) semitae callesque,” Suet. Aug. 19: “calles consitae arboribus,” Amm. 31, 10, 9.—
B. A way, path, road, in gen., Val. Fl. 3, 568; 5, 394 (but in Lucr. 6, 92, the correct read. is calcis, not callis; v. Lachm. ad h. l.).
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, For Sestius, 5.12
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.626
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 4.405
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.443
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 9.383
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 19
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.27
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.92
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 36
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 15
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 30.10
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 36, 15
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 42
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 32, 11.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 14
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 27.6
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 3.568
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 5.394
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